Improvement in securing shoes to horses  hoofs



UNITED STATES ATQENT rIucEo IMPROVEMENT IN SECURlNG ASHOES TO HORSESHOOFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 114,599, dated October4, 1864.

To aZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Foniinn, of Meldville, in the eountyofCrawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Securing Shoes to Horses Feet or Hoofs; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable any person skilled in the art to make and usethe same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a partof this specilicatiOn, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view of myinvention,taken in the line a' x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectionof the saine, taken in the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a transversevertical section of the same, taken in the line z z, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures.

This invention has for its object the securing of the shoe to the footor hoof without the use of nails, and at the same time obtain a securefastening, and one which will admit of the shoe being readily attachedto and detached from the hoof.

To this end the invention consists in attaching to the ripper surface ofthe shoe two jaws, each'of which is provided with a flange, the jawsbeing attached at their rear ends to the back part of the shoe by meansof pivots, and connected at their front ends by screws passing throughthe iiauges, and held in position on the shoe by means of guide-pins orscrews, all arranged as hereinafter set forth.

A represents a horseshoe,which may be constructed in the usual form andprovided, when necessary or desired, with the lordinary toe and heelycalks, a b. This shoe Ahas no holes made through it to admit of thepassage of nails; but in other respects it may be like an ordinaryhorseshoe. On the upper surface of the shoe A there are secured twojaws, B B, each of which is in the form of a longitudinal half of theshoe A. These jaws are secured at their rear ends to the back part ofthe shoe A by means of screws or pivots c c, and the jaws, by means ofthis attachment, are rendered capable of being moved or adjusted fromand toward each other. The jaws are held snugly to the shoe A by meansof screws or pins d d, which pass into the upper surface of the shoe andhave their heads e fitted in slots f, made in the jaws B B, the heads eholding the jaws snugly down. The edges of the slots f are beveled toreceive the beveled sides of the heads e and admit of the upper surfacesof the same being flush with the upper surfaces of thejaws, as shown inFigs. l and 3. Besides these screws or pins d d, for securing the jaws BB on the shoe A, the front of the latter is provided with a ledge orprojection, c', having beveled sides and fitting, when the jaws B B areclosed, in recesses g, made in the ends of the jaws, and also providedwith beveled edges corresponding to the beveled sides of the projectione. Each jaw B is provided with a fiange, G, which projects obliquelyupward and inward from the outer edge of the jaws, so as to correspondwith the inclination of the hoof. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) At the front endof each flange C there is a bracket or lug, h, projecting forward, andthrough these brackets or lugs screws t' pass.

From the above description it will be seen that the flanges C Cencompass the hoof of the horse, the bottom of the hoof resting upon thejaws B B, and that by screwing up the screws v5 the flanges will be madeto press snugly to the hoof and firmly secure the shoe to it. Packingj,of leather, india-rubber, or any suitable material, may be interposedbetween the flanges C and the hoof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The two jaws B B, provided with fianges C C and secured to the uppersurface of the horseshoe, and connected together, substanof securing theshoe to the foot or hoof, as set forth.

XVM. H. FOBKEB. Vitnesses: DAN. Fownnn, Guo. K. BAIN.

tially as shown and described, for the purpose

